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This time in the form of Facebook Study, a market research app that will compensate users for parting with data about the apps they use and the time spent on them, as well as the network and device they are using.

Facebook claims it'll be transparent with how the app works and what it will do with the data collected, and stressed the information wouldn't be flogged to third-party companies.

"We'll run ads to encourage people to participate in this market research programme. When someone clicks on an ad, they'll have the option to register and, if they qualify, they'll be invited to download the app," explained Sagee Ben-Zedeff, a Facebook product manager.

"Once invited, they'll find the Study from Facebook app in the Google Play Store. As they sign up, people will see a description of how the app works and what information they'll be sharing with us so they can confirm they want to participate.

"Anyone who uses the app will be compensated for contributing to the research."

How much that compensation will be wasn't mentioned, but we don't expect it'll be vast sums of money; then again, something is better than nothing.

Its also noteworthy that this Facebook Study is only available on Android, rather than iOS; it's likely Apple would turn it's nose up at the app that wants people to surrender privacy for money.

But Google has a similar data-seeking-thing in the form of its Rewards app, which provides users with Play Store credit of answering survey questions based on the place they've visited and other bits of info Google has sucked up. Rewards/compensation for each survey is pennies in value but the sum can add up reasonably quickly.